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When I was asked for a source, I DMed that it was one of his old high school coaches and that Dee Hart did say that, although I said it was a rumor because for all we know Dee was frustrated and venting. I NEVER told anyone I got it via a DM.

And cdycus is right, UMGoBlog is a spinoff of UMGoBlue, but we actually created the URL MGoBlog.com (thus the ten day difference) and owned it for awhile before we gave the rights of the name for free to Brian.

WTF!! One guy on Twitter told me RichRod may be re-signing and another said he wants to start practice a day early. I came here to the "mothership" and neither rumor is in the thread, lol. I'm in the group that its all an elaborate hoax.

For credibility's sake, the guy that told me the practice rumor did tell me U of M would be playing UConn a week before it was announced, but for me its I joined the hoax group once TomVH said he had contacted Emilien. In TomVH I trust!

Score is calculated by the total miles ran by the team in the given week. I should have added that roster will be trimmed to 50 after the three week tryout period (NCAA). The NFL Challenge will also be lowered, but the number may be way higher due to it being more popular.

As far as running any challenge by most miles ran, I view those challenges as boring. Once a team sprints out to a considerable lead, its over and the common runner is done. My way, I lock the rosters, notate the mileage totals at the end of the week/s (so all can see) and have the matchups decided by the miles actually ran that week, so every week is a fresh slate and a reason to continue running. Also runners that are interested can visibly see how the matchup is looking by doing some simple math.

are absolute garbage. I listened to a podcast a few years back and a representative of EA Sports admitted that Terrell Owens hands were better in the video game then in real life because gamers wouldn't have fun with him dropping passes left and right. And the year Shaun Alexander dropped off the face of the Earth, EA wouldn't let "the ratings update" drop him under a 90 because he had agreed to be a cover athlete.

I'm paraphrasing the discussion here, but here's what I wrote in my blog from The ESPNU CFB Podcast, where they discussed the top ten list. Why they talked about bball on a football podcast is beyond me.

Pat Forde: “I’ve got Michigan/Purdue as my number ten rivalry. Largely because I think both teams are on the road to being good. Michigan’s on the road to coming back with Beilein. But also because of the flying elbow of Manny Harris probably lingering on the mind of Purdue fans.”

Andy Katz: “I can buy that, John Beilein’s team got a bad rap last year for flying elbows, he took great offense too. They had multiple incidents, the Zach Novak incident at OSU was definitely flagrant. He was on the free throw line and threw it out. The Manny Harris was more debatable. I do think Michigan and Purdue will be squabbling to get behind MSU in the Big Ten. It will be a highly anticipated game. I saw John Beilein and Matt Painter and I don’t think there’s anything between them and I didn’t see them throwing out elbows at each other.”

Pat Forde: “Both are highly respectable coaches and I believe the fans will be fired up for this matchup.”

I disagree that Robertson is still on the roster due to his contract. If they cut Sheffield and ate the $15 million, then if Dombrowski told Illitch he needed to get rid of Robertson, he would be gone. I think the only reason he is around, besides being LH, is because Leyland has a soft spot for him from his starting days. The number one thing I want the Tigers to trade for is a LH reliever so we can roll with Seay and the addition.

If they ever built a new hockey arena near Comerica and Ford Field they should put a few more parking decks around that area. I had tickets for a Tigers Game against Pedro Martinez and the there was a concert at the Fox and the Lions had a pre-season game and I couldn't find a parking spot 30 minutes before the first pitch. Had season tickets since CoPa opened and tried to park in every nook and cranny I could think of.

I found mine at Kroger's. I went to BN and they only had Sporting News and Athlon so I got a drink and jotted down what they had to say in a notebook for my blog, but for Steele'e you gotta buy it. His preview book has more information than anyone can take in one sitting.

would lead the way for the time being. Greinke for his 1.55 ERA and 5 CG's; Halladay's 10 Wins. But it's been amazing this past month and a half watching Jackson and Verlander dominate every single time out.